It's Tuesday in New York City, where top elected officials have decried last week’s ICE arrest of City Council staffer Rafael Andres Rubio Bohorquez during a routine asylum interview with federal officials.
But a review by Gothamist found more than a dozen asylum seekers who were arrested in similar circumstances.
And while arrests at New York asylum offices remain rare, the crackdown on otherwise law-abiding immigrants has spread. In the New York City area, 58% percent of the immigrants arrested by ICE under Trump through mid-October had no criminal history.
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Hochul enters this election year with a sizable cash lead over her gubernatorial opponents — but her challengers say the state’s new public campaign finance systemmakes it easier for them to make their case.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani said yesterday that, unlike his predecessor, he will not oppose a supportive housing project in the Bronx for former Rikers Island detainees in need of medical care.
Fewer New Yorkers are enrolling in private health plans through the state’s Affordable Care Act marketplace so far this year as insurance premiums go up, early state data shows.
Mikie Sherrill will be sworn in as New Jersey’s next governor today. Then comes the hard part: governing at a moment that could have major national political implications.
Authorities said a police officer shot two people during an encounter in Newark yesterday afternoon, killing one and wounding the other.
Since December, 60 homeless New Yorkers between the ages of 18 and 24 have been receiving $1,200 a month in guaranteed income as part of a City Council-funded program.
The trusty old MetroCard remains the only way for airport workers to score steep discounts on the pricey JFK Airport fare that would otherwise cost them $8.50 each way.
A court-appointed monitor found that while not every death of a person in the city Department of Correction’s custody can be avoided, most of the 15 recorded in 2025 stemmed from issues like access to drugs, lapses in security and medical care, and inadequate supervision.
Without a centralized, comprehensive map to help navigate the city's underground labyrinth of pipes and utilities, unexpected findings have cost the city millions of dollars and years of delays.
